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iOS 15.4 beta update is great news for AirTag worriers (and Siri voice haters)

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The fourth iOS 15.4 developer beta has landed, and it contains at least two new features.
Another week, another iOS 15.4 beta, and this fourth developer beta of the software has at least two new features in it. The most important of these is the start of Apple’s anti-stalking measures, designed to make it harder for people to track you with an AirTag without your knowledge. The iOS 15.4 beta includes a message on the AirTag setup screen warning users that this is a crime in many parts of the world, and that AirTag is designed so as to be detectable, and to enable law enforcement to identify the owner. The hope there of course is that the warning will put off any would-be stalkers, but there are also other small tweaks, such as removing the ability to disable Item Safety Alerts, and being clearer about the type of device that was detected by Find My – so you shouldn’t get a vague ‘Unknown Accessory Alert’ anymore.

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